Seating Plan Maker is a free classroom seating chart generator for primary teachers. Lay out your real room with tables and chairs, drag your class into seats (or auto-fill them), add reusable pupil notes, save a named plan for every class, and print it as a PDF. It works on any whiteboard, laptop or phone — with no download to start.
Every teacher knows the Sunday-night ritual of redrawing the seating plan on the back of a printout. This does it in a couple of minutes instead. Say your Year 4 class has got a bit chatty on one table — open your saved plan, drag two pupils apart, and it's done: no rubbing out, no starting again.
Because you build the room to match your actual classroom — long tables, group pods, a horseshoe or single desks — the plan on the board looks like the room the children are sitting in, so a cover teacher can follow it at a glance.
The reusable pupil notes are the part teachers keep coming back for: tag a child once as EAL, sits near the front or strong at maths, and that note follows them into every plan you make, all year. Save a different plan for each class or subject, reopen whichever you need, and print a clean PDF with a class-notes column for your desk. It's a proper classroom seating chart generator — free, on any device — not a static template.
Is the seating plan maker free?
Yes — building, saving and printing seating plans is free. You can start without an account; signing in (also free) just lets you load your class lists and save named plans.
Do I need an account?
No — you can lay out a room and seat pupils straight away. Sign in with Google (free) when you want to load your class lists and save named plans to reuse later.
Can I print my seating chart?
Yes — export a printable PDF with a class-notes column, ready to photocopy or keep on your desk.
Does it save my class and my plans?
Yes — save a named plan for each class, term or subject and reopen any of them. Reusable pupil notes (EAL, sits near the front…) follow each child into every plan you make.
Can I lay out my own tables and chairs?
Yes — add long, small or round tables and single chairs, then move and rotate each piece to match the real layout of your room.
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